The history of Crystal Palace is full of thrills, spills, and hubris: once, an elaborate glass pavilion delighted millions of Victorian punters until financial ruin and fiery disaster razed it to the ground. Get the full story in an entertaining guided tour that runs on the first Sunday of the month all summer. But be warned, dino fans! The tour focuses only on the upper part of the park, and so contains no content about the infamously misshapen dinosaurs in the park’s lower reaches. You’ll have to mug up on those all by your lonesome.

Crystal Palace Museum. £5